Personal Speed Records for Alannah Yip and Sean McColl

Alannh Yip and Sean McColl recently competed at the first speed climbing world cup of 2019 and both are heading home with a personal record/best time.

McColl finished with a quick time of 7.17 seconds, which landed him in 40th. For reference, the fastest time and gold medal winner for the men was French climber Basa Mawem with a time of 5.7 seconds.

Yip not only scored a personal best with a time of 9.509 seconds, but she also got a Canadian record for women’s speed climbing. The winner for the females was YLing Son, who clocked in at 7.3 in the final round. Check out the full results here. The next speed world cup will be in Congqing on April 26.

New speed PB (and Canadian record ??) at the Moscow World Cup: 9.50 seconds ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m really happy with how the last two comps went for me, and now I’m excited to go home for a week before China ?? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Video: @mccollsean

A post shared by Alannah Yip (@alannah_yip) on Apr 15, 2019 at 1:40am PDT

Ups and downs here in Russia. ⬆️ • ⬇️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • got stuck in an elevator for an hour (first time) • set a new personal best in Speed (crushed my old time) • climbed well in bouldering but still 1 move away from advancing (?‍♂️) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With the ultimate goal of Olympic qualification, this whole year is an adaptive ongoing process. Next on the docket is training in Innsbruck with the next World Cup in China at the end of the month. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ? by @alannah_yip on a really cool coordination dyno in the A group ? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @adidasterrex | @scarpana | @joerockheads | @verticalartclimbing | @flashedclimbing | @perfect_descent #verticalart #climbing #train #canada #instagood #picoftheday #photooftheday #athlete #igers #amazing #sports #fitspo #gymlife #power #fitfam #adventure #fitness #work #workhard #workout #strength #challenge #follow #ninja #gym #fun

A post shared by Sean McColl (@mccollsean) on Apr 13, 2019 at 7:55am PDT